Luke 18:34

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But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

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  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
  • Luke 2:50 : 50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
  • John 10:6 : 6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
  • John 12:16 : 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
  • John 16:1-9 : 1 “I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’ 6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you. 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment– 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.” 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.” 19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?

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  • Luke 9:44-45
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    44“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

    45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

  • Mark 9:30-32
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    30Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

    31for he was teaching his disciples and telling them,“The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

    32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

  • Luke 2:50
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    50Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

  • John 10:6
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    6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

  • Luke 18:33
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    33They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again.”

  • John 12:16
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    16(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

  • John 8:27
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    27(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

  • Luke 24:16-19
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    16(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

    17Then he said to them,“What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

    18Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?”

    19He said to them,“What things?”“The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied,“a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

  • Mark 8:21
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    21Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

  • Mark 9:9-10
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    9As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

    10They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

  • John 20:9
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    9(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

  • Luke 18:35-36
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    35Healing a Blind Man As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

    36When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on.

  • Matt 13:13-14
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    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

    14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • Mark 8:30-31
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    30Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

    31First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

  • John 16:18
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    18So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

  • Mark 10:32-34
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    32Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

    33“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

    34They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again.”

  • Matt 17:23
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    23They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they became greatly distressed.

  • John 13:28
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    28(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.

  • Acts 28:26
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    26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

  • Matt 17:9
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    9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,“Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

  • Acts 13:27
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    27For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

  • Luke 9:36
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    36After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

  • Luke 24:7-8
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    7that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”

    8Then the women remembered his words,

  • Luke 9:21-22
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    21But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,

    22saying,“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

  • Mark 14:40
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    40When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

  • Matt 13:34
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    34The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

  • Luke 24:45
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    45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

  • Luke 19:42
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    42saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

  • 1 Cor 2:8
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    8None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  • Luke 23:34
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    34[But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

  • Mark 3:12
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    12But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.

  • Mark 4:34
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    34He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.